The Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education through Grant #R24C120001, authorized the establishment of the Special Education Research and Development Center on Reading Instruction for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. The purpose of this five year grant is to improve reading achievement of DHH students.  The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Institute or the US Department of Education.

The Fingerspelling Our Way to Reading CLAD reserach team is a collaboration among two institutions:

University of Colorado – Boulder

  • Brenda Schick, Ph.D., Professor
  • Nancy Bridenbaugh, M.A., Project Director
  • Rachel Boll, M.A., Research Associate

Georgia State University

  • Amy Lederberg, Ph.D., Professor
  • Victoria Burke, Ph.D., Research Scientist
  • Melissa Brasic, M.A., Research Associate

Other Contributors 

  • Susan Easterbrooks, Ph.D., Georgia State University
  • Shirin Antia, Ph.D., University of Arizona
  • Carol Conner, Ph.D., Arizona State University

 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education